The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
A TOUR THROUGH IRELAND.
William S. Role, Of West St. Paul, il
Home From a Long Visit TO
the Emerald Isle.
lANDL0RDISM AS IT EXISTS,
How Hs Went Among the Com
mon People and Observed
Their Ways,
ISt. Paul t,lo|e, November GOTH

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Isst Paul Globe Nosernb bcr 30tl.
Last evening Globe reporter calico
on William S. Bole, Of West St. Paul
who has recently returned from a
lengthy visit in Ireland.
II have experienced d great change
towards the Irish people," said MI.
Bole, :sand think them uuderestimaJed,
I understand the situation pretty
thoroughly, as was all over Ireland,
met the Irish members Of parliament,
and saw the landlords and agents per-
sonally. / attended land league meet
ngs, most notable being one at Bran
dnu addressed by the famous Radical
Brunner and Cont and Firth also Eng
Nsh Radicals. / Go not thlnk the
troubles in Ireland SO much a question
OF government as an economic one.
Take, for instance, the Marquis OF
Iausdowues-K estates. Perhaps
in q large number Of acres there is a
potato patch about tbEs SIZE Of All Ordin-
al.y room: a little distance furthec On be-
tween the stones is another still smaller
one This comprises their crops raised
and they depend Oh them merely for
food. They depend entirely on the
grazing to pay their rent, and they don t
pay much rent, either. In the spring
they buy young cattle, Craze them all
summer, and sell them Fat at q profit
Thus they secure enough money to ray
their rent. ibis winter they We're
obliged to sell their cattle at less than
they paid in the spring, owing TO the
export beef FROM America and the Brit
ish colonies. The irish landlords are
rot hard at ali. | went over all the es- :
Ia les in the south OF Ireland. The
Duke oil Devonshire, father Of the mur
,tered Cayendisli, is called "a good land
lord by his tenants / asked OLD and
young and they were OF one opinion re-
garCing the duke. Even OH the szay
ullis Of LansdowneS estates. about
which they have had 50 mech trottble.
the people Say he is fair landlord, rs
many have .lot been tvlcted. This is, Gf
course, at Kerry, bot on his Lugtsac,,r-
Kan estates the people claim 5I3e ln;s1'
ollis Is and has been cr3lel. The peO
Pile OF Kerry, you see are very poor, and
have no crops. The people CT Lngga
curran have crops, and yet wanted
Lf,o , r,f fr hp
dents Of the Kerry estates, who have
nothing but grazing to depend Oh. This
WAS refused aud tvouble resulted.
Il was much struck by the hospitality
Of the Irish all over Ireland. Their
hearts 90 right out to all American. and
they treat him like Il king. The min
ute al American steps on Iflsh soil he
is spotted as an American, no matter
wnat his appearance is. l had OH
British clothes, and yet in spite Of that
[ was Known to be an American at
once. | asked One man Wha, there was
about any sAmericau s appearance that
gave him away, aud he replied that it
was Il sort Of look that made one think
he owned everything and all ali Of in
dependence that said, I don't give a
d---n for anybody stopped one
night with All eyicted Irishman.
wanted to pay two half crowns, but
he wouldn't take cent, and SO it was
with every house at which I stopped.
What I think would help Ireland far
mere than home rule is this: Glad
stone home rule bill does not contem
plate control of customs. Competi-
tion in agricultural products with
America and the colonies is what is
grinding Ireland, and any home rule
scheme that does not include the con
troll of customs will be Of no benefit to
them. They want control Of the Gus |
toms. I did not fear much suffering
'Crops were good this year and they
have plenty to eat Their potato crop
was the finest one for years l walked
1872 miles in the south Of ireland, aud
stopped, of course, at a good many
farm houses. The people livein miser
able shape. They have poor and insuf
6cent clothing and the floors Of their
houses are wet and bcggy. They suf
fer from cold, but as far as food is con-
cerned they seem to have plenty. They
have -four bread, and by the way Min
neapolis and St, Louis flouris used all
over Ireland. They also have goats,
milk, eggs and potatoes. Their fuel !
costs them nothing and is turf dug
from the bogs, though often they use
manure. From Mallow TO Killarney &
" liked. They have. poor facilities for.
cooking. too. For instance. ~ baking
bread d large potts suspende ed over, the
Gre. The loaf IS 81 aced5 IA il this pot and